November 27, 2007
Memphis Pre-Game: Carter Starts
By FRED KERBERThat Carter guy could stick as a starter."I think he's got the talent to start," Boki Nachbar deadpanned.So Vince Carter is back in the first five for Memphis...
TRENDS: Take your brand and...
People you have never heard of will soon be running Pasadena's iconic Ritz-Carlton Huntington. RANT ALERT! The news of Pasadena's Ritz-Carlton Huntington becoming a Langham is sad. What an amazing...
Giants react to Taylor's death
Giants Jeremy Shockey and Sinorice Moss each played football at the University of Miami, as did late Redskins safety Sean Taylor, who died this morning from a gunshot wound suffered...
Oscar Watch: Cate's Trial Balloon Bursts; Gets Indie Spirit Nod
It turns out Cate Blanchett won't be campaigned as Best Actress for "I'm Not There'' after all. After David Poland reported the switch yesterday, the consensus on the blogosphere was...
Moschino Jeans no more
This just in -- Moschino announces that Moschino Jeans, the denim-sportswear arm of the company, which was created in 1987, will become Love Moschino beginning in 2008.“The re-updating of the...
Free Beauty Booty
If you're free tonight, head over to Scoop (875 Washington Street) to celebrate the launch of the Scoop Street Beauty Buffet from 6-9 p.m.The store is launching 20+ beauty lines...
Starr Report
OK, so Dave, Jay, Conan, Colbert (right) et al. are in reruns during the ongoing writers' strike. But there is an online talk-show alternative to slake your late-night thirst, if...
Oscar Watch: Uphill Battle for 'War'
Universal finally unveiled Mike Nichols' "Charlie Wilson's War'' last night, and while there are many things to like here, I think it's a tough sell as a Best Picture nominee...
THE ONE-STOP SHOP
Right now, you're probably running around buying gifts for family and friends. Imagine what it would have been like 150 years ago - before New York introduced the country to...
BRUSHES, BOOZE MAKE ARTY PARTY
IF art class had been this cool growing up, 90 percent of Americans might be painters instead of lawyers and presidential candidates. Founded in 2005, Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School is...
FOR VEGA, TIME IS ON HER SIDE
SUZANNE Vega still doesn't shy away from the tough subjects. The Manhattan artist, who tackled child abuse with "Luka" back in 1987, writes about weighty subjects, such as the death...
MPFREE
Download these free MP3s at 24hbongdda.site now through Friday. * Suzanne Vega, "Unbound" Known for her moody a cappella version of "Tom's Diner," the singer's gone upbeat (and added instruments)...
GRAMMY SERVES UP BEST IN SHOW
Various artists "The Ultimate Grammy Collection" *** TO celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grammy Awards, Shout Factory has collaborated with the Recording Academy to compile a seven-CD series featuring...
'CRACKER, NO CHEESE
WITH Thanksgiving al ready the receding memory of an indigestion past, and Lincoln Center Plaza's Christmas tree already alight, New York City Ballet is busying itself with its annual parade...
STARR REPORT
On the next 'Ellin' OK, so Dave, Jay, Conan, Colbert et al. are in reruns during the ongoing writers' strike. But there is an online talk-show alternative to slake your...
OGRE AND OGRE AGAIN
SHREK is to today's kids what Charlie Brown was to other generations. And, like Charlie Brown, what would an animated icon be without his own TV Christmas special? So DreamWorks,...
BAM! 'EMERIL' GONE
THE Food Network has trimmed the fat - end ing production of signature personality Emeril Lagasse's long-running show, "Emeril Live." The show, which has been on the air since 1997,...
WRITERS START NEGOTIATIONS
WRITERS and reps from the studios finally re turned to the negotiating table yesterday as the writers' strike entered its fourth week. Despite a press blackout imposed by both sides...
PATRIOTS SCORE VIEWERS
SUNDAY'S Patriots- Eagles game drew the biggest overnight audience in over two years for either a Sunday- or Monday-night game. The undefeated Pats, highly favored to beat Philadelphia, had to...
DOLEFUL DOLLY MARIE
MARIE OSMOND got all dolled up, but went nowhere last night on "Dancing with the Stars." If she was the sentimental favorite to win it all going into last night's...
THE FIRM
WHEN it comes to competing in the workplace, it pays to lose - weight, that is. The diet world is one in which there's always a new flavor - or...
NEED A LIFT?
YOU'VE heard of face-lifts, of course - but what about a body lift? If you're like many people, this term doesn't ring a bell. But with statistics from the American...
IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY
There are so many opinions about so many issues flying around that sometimes it is difficult to work out what your own beliefs should be. Your task this year is...
GIMME A LIE TEST: 'JUNIOR'
John "Junior" Gotti yesterday blasted the feds for trying to drag him back into court for his alleged involvement in a host of faded gangland murders - and even offered...
A 'BAR' HOP FOR CUNY STUDENTS
First, they raised the bar. Now, they're passing it. Students at the CUNY School of Law posted the program's highest-ever first-try pass rate on the state bar exam this year...
NY SINKS E. RIVER ARTWORK
A Brooklyn artist's floating "condo" for birds has been left high and dry by the state Department of Conservation. Chico MacMurtrie's aluminum tree sculpture - which had been floating in...
BLOOMY GETS INTO PARK ROW
So many official parking placards are being used improperly that "a lot of them should not be given out," Mayor Bloomberg declared yesterday in his strongest comments attacking privileged parkers....
'GROWING' PAINS
Columbia University's controversial plan to build a $7 billion campus expansion in West Harlem was approved by city planners yesterday during a raucous meeting packed with neighborhood opponents who accused...
LAWYERS SCUFFLE AT MOB TRIAL
A former Mafioso wannabe testified yesterday that he helped two buddies in a botched 1994 rubout, and his words ended up setting off more violence - this time between the...
COP HONORED
A Prospect Park playground was renamed yesterday in honor of a cop gunned down in 2005 by a traffic violator. Brooklyn's Parade Ground Playground is now Detective Dillon Stewart Playground....
BROOKE 'EM!
Brooke Astor's son and his shady former lawyer have been indicted on criminal charges involving the suspicious handling of the late philanthropist's finances. Anthony Marshall and former business partner Francis...
EXPECT A SHOW OF 'HANDS
Mamma mia! - the shows may go on tomorrow. Broadway theater owners and striking stagehands returned to the bargaining table last night - with sources saying they expected to reach...
JUDGE SLAMS COP-PROBE DA
A judge yesterday dismissed a perjury indictment against an NYPD lieutenant - and issued a stinging rebuke to the Brooklyn DA's Office for botching the corruption probe that originally nailed...
THE BOLD & 'LOOTY'-FUL
To friends and neighbors on the Upper East Side, Jessica Joyner and Jennifer Jones were big-city gals with solid jobs, yoga lessons, a spot at the bar at Elaine's and...
RUDY HITS MITT IN TIT FOR TAT
Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney hurled more political slurs at each other yesterday - with the ex-mayor comparing Romney to liberal lion Ted Kennedy. Romney fired back that it was...
MAN SLAIN BY WIFE'S 'LOVE GAL'
A crazed Brooklyn woman fatally slashed the throat of her lesbian lover's husband and then fled barefoot and covered in blood yesterday, law-enforcement sources said. The alleged killer, Anastasiya Andreyeva,...
NINJA BURGLAR RETURNS
The Staten Island Ninja strikes again! After eight ninja-free weeks, two mansions were burglarized over the weekend by the thief, who has hit 18 homes since May, police said yesterday....
B'KLYN GAS-LEAK RESCUE
Firefighters pulled three members of a Brooklyn family out of their home yesterday after they were overcome by carbon-monoxide fumes. Rescuers called to the home on East 28th Street in...
SEWERS FLOOD GROUND ZERO NEIGHBORS
A fast-moving flood filled the parking garage of a luxury apartment building downtown with more than 15 feet of water yesterday morning, causing cars to float to the top of...
BX. FIEND SHOT, CUT UP AND DUMPED MA, BRO: COPS
A Bronx man was arrested yesterday after admitting to shooting his mother and brother in the head, then "cutting them up" and tossing their remains into the Harlem River, cops...
ELEVATOR MAN GOES DOWN
An elevator mechanic tried to make off with the big cheese - claiming a rat jumped onto his arm while he was working and caused him to lose three fingers...
'PIZZA' CHARGE TOSSED
A longtime fugitive who was recently nabbed for crimes linked to the notorious 20-year-old Pizza Connection has been set free after the feds admitted that key evidence had been destroyed...
SLAIN GROOM HAD FIRED DAD-IN-LAW
Murder suspect Kelly Forbes and victim Michael Forbes at their September nuptials. The Long Island hubby strangled allegedly by his much-younger wife had recently fired their home contractor - her...
UNDERGROUND ARTISTS WORK 2ND AVE. LINE
The 75 years of futility and heartbreak that have gone into realizing the Second Avenue Subway may be too much for any one artist to capture, but the MTA plans...
$TRAPPED-HANGERS
A single ride on the bus and subway will remain $2, but the vast majority of transit riders and motorists should expect to see fares and tolls rise an average...
BRIDE AND BOOM
Maybe it was the rumpled black T-shirt under the prim, princess-style wedding gown, or perhaps the bride's steely-eyed scowl. Or the fact that the sheepish groom refused to lift the...
STUNG BEAUTY ALMOST QUIT
Ingrid Marie Rivera, the beauty who was crowned Puerto Rico's 2008 Miss Universe, said yesterday a series of vicious pranks nearly made her quit the pageant. "At one point, I...
HOPE SOARING IN ANNAPOLIS
President Bush welcomed Arab and Israeli leaders to a high-stakes summit yesterday and Palestinian officials reported major progress in efforts to relaunch the Mideast peace process. "We want to help...
OPRAH MEETS 'ASSAULT' STUDENT AT AFRICA SCHOOL
Oprah Winfrey pressed the flesh with students at her all-girls school in South Africa while doing damage control with the family of a student allegedly beaten by staff. Winfrey arrived...
FUNNY CIDE JOCKEY 'POOR'
José Santos, the jockey who rode Funny Cide to victory in the 2003 Kentucky Derby, has hired two lawyers to tell a Long Island judge that he's so short on...
GRID STAR SHOT
Hot-headed, hard-hitting defensive standout Sean Taylor of the NFL's Washington Redskins was fighting for his life last night after surgery for a gunshot wound inflicted by a thug who broke...
RAP THE 'ROOKIE'
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton launched a unprecedented attack on Barack Obama's résumé yesterday - saying if elected, he would be less experienced than any 20th-century president. "Considering that Sen....
BETTING ON OPRAH-RAHS
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama hopes that a supportive Oprah Winfrey will lure new voters into going to the polls in three early-voting states. The candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination...
YOUTUBERS TAKE AIM AT GIULIANI
Rudy Giuliani could be grilled about law-breaking pal Bernie Kerik, 9/11, gay marriage - and even his backing of the hated Boston Red Sox, according to 5,000 questions submitted for...
'80S GLAM ROCKER DIES AT 52
Kevin DuBrow, the outspoken front man for the "glam metal" band Quiet Riot, was found mysteriously dead in his Las Vegas home over the weekend, his friends confirmed yesterday. Paramedics...
FOXY LET OUT OF THE HOLE
Jailed rap star Foxy Brown's "Broken Silence" has come more than a month early - she's been taken out of a segregated cell at Rikers Island, sources said yesterday. The...
SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE PREZ
WASHINGTON - Nearly seven years after losing his bitter fight against George W. Bush for the White House, Al Gore finally got into the Oval Office yesterday - but only...
NYPD DAILY BLOTTER
MANHATTAN Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man who is wanted for seven gunpoint robberies at drugstores throughout Midtown and the Upper East Side. The suspect,...
LOTTERY
NEW YORK Midday Nos. Mon.: 308; Lucky Sum: 11 / Midday Win-4 Mon.: 4604; Lucky Sum: 14 / Evening Nos. Mon.: 771; Lucky Sum: 15; Evening Win-4 Mon.: 9572; Lucky...
MIDDLE EAST MUDDLE
Expectations couldn't get much lower for this week's US-sponsored Middle East conference at Annapolis. Still, the fact that the region's major troublemakers - Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad - are...
JOE BRUNO, DRUNKEN SAILOR
Joe Bruno is up to his old tricks, it seems. Spending tricks, that is: How else to explain his remarks yesterday to Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker about plugging...
JOHN HOWARD'S GREAT RUN
Australian Prime Minister John How ard, one of President Bush's most stalwart War on Terror allies, lost a bid for a fifth term over the weekend. The result was clearly...
NO LASTING PEACE
SHORT of intolerable carnage, there's no durable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. None. The best all parties can hope for is an occasional time-out. A respite between rounds isn't worthless,...
SCIENCE VINDICATES BUSH'S 'THEOLOGY'
THE "sideshow" has become the main event. For years, we've been told that only stem-cell research that destroys human embryos is worth pursuing. Everything else is a diversion, driven by...
HOW HILLARY WILL GO NEGATIVE
AS her once-formidable lead in national polls dwindles and Barack Obama moves ahead of her in the all-important Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton will likely intensify her negative campaign...
THANKS FOR REPORTING GOOD NEWS ABOUT IRAQ
As the mother of a soldier serving in Iraq, "Iraq: What Went Right," (Ralph Peters, PostOpinion, Nov. 21) gives me some comfort to know that things have improved substantially. I...
THE PBA WISH LIST
"Deluding Cops" (Editorial, Nov. 19) speaks to cops' expectations, so let me tell you what police officers expect. We expect the city of New York to obey the Taylor Law...
HOME GROANS
Sen. Chuck Schumer urged the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta yesterday to curb its lending to mortgage companies like Countrywide Financial, which is threatening the solvency of the FHLB....
AFTER-TANKS-GIVING SALE HITS WALL STREET
Stocks tumbled yesterday amid growing gloom over costly bailout struggles by the two biggest banks on each side of the Atlantic - Citigroup here and HSBC in London. Citigroup led...
DON'T LOOK FOR A STOCK MARKET RALLY TO BAIL YOU OUT
IF these were normal times you'd already be hearing a lot of chatter about the end-of-the-year rally in the stock market. And I wish I could write that column -...
CREDIT SUISSE CASE SHOCKER
Prosecutors allege a Credit Suisse banker who helped mastermind a $7 million insider-trading ring engaged in the scam because he had a gambling problem. But a lawyer for Hafiz Naseem...
WEB WONDERS
Barry Diller and Wal-Mart shared honors yesterday for scoring record levels of online shopping in this year's holiday sales kickoff. Big markdowns and even free shipping on many items at...
WEST SIDE GLORY
IT won't replace "Mama Mia" or other shuttered Broadway shows, but anyone who cares about the city's future could do a lot worse than drop by the fun-filled display of...
ONE BIG FUMBLE
Cable industry observers and the Federal Communications Commission will be looking to this Thursday's Dallas Cowboys-Green Bay Packers game - the most significant matchup yet to air exclusively on NFL...
JAJAH TARGETS USERS OF SKYPE
Consumers who want to make cheap international calls over the Internet no longer need to use a computer or special phones to make them. JaJah Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based...
BROADWAY STRIKE TALKS STALL AGAIN
The Great White Way will be dark again today and through tomorrow's matinees. Striking Broadway stagehands and theatre producers took a break from the bargaining table early this morning after...
GOTTI COMES OUT FIRING
A furious John "Junior" Gotti blasted the New York Post this morning over yesterday's front-page story that law enforcement officials were hoping to nail him with five murders, claiming his...
AMY WINEHOUSE CANCELS UK TOUR
The Amy Winehouse tour is done. The singer, who reportedly was in rehab this year, was touring in the UK. "The rigors involved in touring and the intense emotional strain...
DEVELOPER RATNER TO BUILD BROOKLYN'S TALLEST BUILDING
Say hello to "Mr. Brooklyn." Despite having to shave nearly 100 feet off his planned Atlantic Yards tower dubbed "Miss Brooklyn," mega-developer Bruce Ratner could still wind up with the...
BROOKLYN DA'S BACKGROUND CHECKS ON HUSBAND
A former Brooklyn prosecutor found herself on the wrong side of the courtroom yesterday - charged with forgery and falsifying records for allegedly using the DA's office to do criminal...
NATAVIA LOWERY CLAIMED NINJA KILLED STEIN
-Cops became convinced that Linda Stein's personal assistant killed her after the woman told them a bizarre story about the celebrity realtor getting into a screaming match with a mysterious,...
'LYNCH MOB'
He had toiled as an asphalt foreman for 21 years, rising each day at 3:30 a.m. to make the long commute to work and earn enough money to buy his...
CHAN CANNED NUTT RESIGNS SHERMAN HIRED AT TEXAS A&M
The same day Texas A&M entrusted its program to one former NFL head coach, Georgia Tech decided to end the tenure of another. Coaches were coming and going around college...
SPORTS SHORTS
BASEBALL: Wood re-ups with Cubs Given his history of arm problems, even Kerry Wood was surprised at all the interest he drew from other teams in free agency. After making...
PLAYING MIND GAMES
THE game-within-the-game that often decides close encounters was plentiful Sunday in the three NBA matchups that got my undivided attention down the stretch. Who says there isn't coaching constantly going...
TEAMMATES WATCH AS MANNING GETS GRILLED
Michael Strahan yesterday casually chatted with teammates, undressed by his own locker, took a shower and as he returned to his locker looked over and saw the media crowd around...
TURKEYS ALL AROUND
QUARTERBACKS F Hmm, let's see. The protection wasn't there, the running game wasn't there, it was chilly, there was too much food on Thanksgiving. Oh, forget it. Eli Manning (21...
ELI TAKES BLAME
THE truth hurts Eli Manning, but he prefers to hide it from outsiders. But 24 hours after his dog day afternoon, Manning recognized that the game was up. So he...
THE ICE MANN
It looks as if Eli Manning cares, but not enough to quell the rage of the many fans appalled by the way he played in a desultory 41-17 loss to...
MODANO ICES ISLANDERS IN OT
With 2:38 left in the third last night, Miroslav Satan scored a rare power play goal for the Islanders, knotting their game with Dallas at 2-2. "After that goal, I...
MANGINI STILL IN CLEMENS' CORNER
Four days after the Jets' blowout loss to the Cowboys in Dallas, Kellen Clemens' struggles since taking over the quarterback job from Chad Pennington remain a topic of interest. Clemens,...
ZACH ATTACK STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
Before the Knicks faced the Jazz last night, a slumping, frustrated, turnover-prone Zach Randolph said his teammates are still getting used to how he plays. But a lot of Randolph's...
KNICKS ALL JAZZED UP
The crisis is officially over. There may actually turn out to be a basketball season in New York. The Garden roared with repeated and thunderous chants of "De-Fense'' last night...
FOR ONE NIGHT, STEPH MAKES AN EMPHATIC POINT
THIS is where the long climb back begins, where maybe rehabilitation meets redemption. Stephon Marbury has some reparations to pay, to his team, to his teammates, to his coach, to...
ENERGETIC EDDY SURPRISES EVERYONE
The first was surprising enough, considering Eddy Curry hadn't managed to block a shot in half of the Knicks' first 12 games this season. But when the enigmatic center skied...
METS AIMING FOR SOME HELP ON THE MOUND
The Mets won't make a trade with the Twins simply to rent ace left-hander Johan Santana. For the Mets to trade for Santana, they would require a window to discuss...
VIN-VINCIBLE
There was the rant by Jason Kidd. Then another defeat, perhaps the worst of the season. Next came an understanding, after an undeniably firm chat, between team president Rod Thorn...
HUGE IM-PACT
Jaromir Jagr's contract no longer contains a team option for next season, meaning that the current agreement under which he would earn $8.36M for 2008-09 will be extended only if...
YANKS PITCH FOR SANTANA
The Yankees and Twins are talking about a swap that would bring left-hander Johan Santana to The Bronx, but Hank Steinbrenner was very vague when asked for his list of...
A-MISTAKE
JUST give Alex Rodriguez the money. Give him the $30 million. It just isn't worth the soap operas and headaches ahead for the Yankees to distribute his bonuses during the...
SHERMAN: YANKS SHOULD GET SANTANA
That "transition period" Hank Steinbrenner declared for the Yankees in late October lasted about as long as the idea David Beckham would make professional soccer relevant in this country. Since...
PHILLY IS FABULOUS
NOT loaded and living in the pervasive fear you and your co-workers will turn up at the company holiday party identically frocked? Uptown and downtown, affordability has gone the way...
HITLIST
FASHION DISTRICT MALLS Chainlet of mid-range outlet malls, with the best of its outposts just outside Rome's city limits. There are several dozen different labels all selling off-price merch, from...
APRES-BUY
DUTCH EATING PLACE Shoo-fly pie and scrapple, oh my! Year after year, a who's-who of Philadelphia piles in at this simple lunch counter tucked away inside the vibrant Reading Terminal...
GET YOUR IRISH UP
IF you think Dublin's retail options are limited to dainty Belleek china, chunky cable-knit fisherman's sweaters and cheesy four-leaf-clover pendants, you're in for a big surprise. The unexpected truth is...
NEWS + NOTES
* IN DA CLUB IT'S the moment hotel junkies have been waiting for -the annual update of the rolls at Relais & Chateaux, one of the industry's most respected hotel/restaurant...
WEIRD BUT TRUE
The town of Whitewood, SD, might change the name of Hooker Street. The Rev. David Baer is pushing legislators for the change, arguing the name goes against the town's wholesome...
Easy climbing back on bandwagon
By MARC BERMANThe Knicks have proved across the first 13 games they are a very fragile unit. One bad injury, one bad incident – like the Stephon Marbury fiasco -...
Deal of the Day
If they're sending to me to Rikers, I want this to be my issued uniform.The Organic Hemp Printed Tee from Brooklyn-based Mociun is a quirky take on a standard black...